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12/04/04 21:15
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#82537 - Re:Relocatable
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Because AJMP uses "current page" so if your OS loads the program on start of the page, AJMP will jump within the same page, that is within your loaded program (and if the program spans several pages, the flow must pass to the next page either by SJMP or other relative jump, or by standard program flow.) It's still "relative address", just relative only to the start of the page (and we assume that's where the program is loaded in this case), not to arbitrary memory location like SJMP. Using LJMP would cause jump to a fixed, absolute location. Of course you could use it i.e. to abandon the program and return control to the OS (if you don't use RET), but otherwise any absolute jump like LCALL would most probably lead outside the program, to a fixed address while the program is located at a dynamically assigned one.
Similarly, LCALL then could be used to call the OS routines while ACALL would be useful for local ones.

List of 22 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
sjmp vs ajmp            01/01/70 00:00      
   as you said            01/01/70 00:00      
   Different jmps            01/01/70 00:00      
      re:AJMP, SJMP            01/01/70 00:00      
         AJMP is 2 bytes LJMP is 3            01/01/70 00:00      
            LJMP was not the question            01/01/70 00:00      
               AJMP vs SJMP            01/01/70 00:00      
   Relocable.            01/01/70 00:00      
      relocatable            01/01/70 00:00      
         Re:Relocatable            01/01/70 00:00      
            relocatable - not in a 51            01/01/70 00:00      
               Relocatable Code is Valid            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Not JMPs, relocatable            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I can anticipate all kinds of situations            01/01/70 00:00      
                     If I can devise concepts others will too            01/01/70 00:00      
                        "driver".            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Re: driver            01/01/70 00:00      
                              maybe... maybe not.            01/01/70 00:00      
      16M derivatives...            01/01/70 00:00      
         SJMP is 2 bytes            01/01/70 00:00      
            Maybe he means additional bytes            01/01/70 00:00      
               yes.            01/01/70 00:00      

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